[ltp] Re: [PATCH] tp-smapi for 2.6.24

Evgeni Golov linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:50:18 +0100


Hi Fred,

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:20:52 +0100 Fr=E9d=E9ric BOITEUX wrote:

>   I see that you're always on the cutting edge, waow ! I'm personnaly
> always with a 2.6.22, but... I saw your e-mail and as I always wondered
> if tp-smapi is useful on X31, I guess it is ;-) You use it for battery
> control ? or there is another use ?

Well, I don't know. On my X31 I used tp-smapi only once: for checking
the new battery I bought ;)
On the Z61m I use tp-smapi for better hdaps handling.

>   Else, as you've a X31 also, I'd like to know if you succeeded
> removing wake-ups (shown in powerTOP) from thinkpad_acpid ? I've about
> 10 per second from ... this kernel thread (is it ?) .

I don't have any wps from thinkpad-acpi. Neither I do have a
thinkpad-acpi*d*.
What you may see is some script polling thinkpad-acpi for some data
(eg. temperature) and thinkpad-acpi gets blamed for this.

Regards
Evgeni